‘Amish Mafia’ News: Production Company Behind Show Producing New Series, Adding To Claims Show Is Completely Fabricated? [PHOTOS]
Though the producers behind Discovery's hit show Amish Mafia haven't officially confirmed the show's return for a fourth season, they are adding a new program to their portfolio of shows that could make it look even more fabricated than has been previously alleged.
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From Hot Snakes Media, which produces both Mafia and TLC's Breaking Amish, will be the new show, Amish Haunting. No details have been revealed about the premise and plot of the series,
All that is currently known about the show is that it will be considered a reality series, and will likely air on Discovery Channel, as a post-production coordinator for the show referred reporters from Lancaster Online to the network for comments.
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The new program, which was previously titled Tales of Amish Horror, is likely going to be some sort of show that re-tells Amish horror stories, and could add to claims that the production company's other programs are thoroughly staged.
Amish Mafia in particular has been criticized as being false, especially with its warning at each episode's onset that claims certain scenes are reenactments.
Back in March, Lancaster Online investigated every claim the show has made throughout its three-season run, and found all of them to be false.
The show has long claimed that their cast, including Lebanon Levi, Esther and John Schmucker, Merlin Miller and Alan Beiler were all raised in Amish and Mennonite communities, but weren't baptized and never actually joined the Amish Church, and as such can drive cars, drink, and commit acts similar to the ones they do on the show.
However, the report stated that lead researchers of the Amish faith have found that the claims are untrue, and that those who are not active members of the church cannot legally identify themselves as Amish men and women. The cast members are also reportedly paid per-episode salaries, which also goes against Amish faith.
The publication also used social media as a means of pointing out other fake elements of the series.
More claims were also published in 2013 that claimed the show was fake. The article was written in January and first appeared in the Mennonite World Review, an independent newspaper that has served Mennonites and the global Anabaptist movement since 1923. Writer David George blasted the show for not only exploiting tragedies that have affected the Amish community, but for also embarrassing those who identify themselves as Amish.
